02/05/2023
☀Sweet potatoes are a healthy and nutritious staple food with a sweet and delicious taste. Research has shown that eating sweet potatoes regularly can help prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Additionally, sweet potato leaves also offer various health benefits and have anti-cancer and antioxidant properties.
☀Sweet potatoes are a highly nutritious food. They contain dietary fiber, vitamins A (beta carotene), B, and C, as well as trace elements such as iron, magnesium, and potassium. Sweet potatoes also contain a variety of essential amino acids for the human body, hence, they’re often considered a superfood.
In a research report published in the Journal of Epidemiology in August 2005, Japanese researchers conducted a follow-up survey of 47,997 men and 66,520 women aged 40 and over for more than seven years. The results showed that regular consumption of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and taro was associated with a decreased risk of death from kidney cancer.
Premenopausal women who consumed vegetables (such as sweet potato) rich in beta carotene, folic acid, vitamin C, and dietary fiber had a reduced risk of developing breast cancer by about 50 percent, a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute in March 1996 found.
In addition to the aforementioned health benefits, researchers also discovered a unique protein with anti-cancer activity in sweet potatoes as early as 1931.
A study published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology in June 2013 found that protein purified from sweet potatoes demonstrated significant anti-proliferative and anti-metastatic effects on human colore**al cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo. The proteins not only slowed the growth of colore**al cancer cells but also reduced their migration and invasion.
Sweet potato leaves have also been shown to have anti-cancer properties. A study published in the Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2007 found that consuming vegetables rich in vitamin A, particularly garland chrysanthemum and sweet potato leaves, may provide protection from lung cancer.
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